Almost Ready

Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Governor Felix gets a private audience with Paul and hears him “reason about righteousness, self-control, and the coming judgment.” Scripture says Felix was “alarmed” and yet his response is one of typical spiritual procrastination: “Go away for now; when I find it convenient, I will send for you.” He kept sending for Paul afterward too, but mostly hoping for a bribe. Two years pass. Felix is replaced. As far as we know, “convenient” never arrived.

It’s a strangely modern portrait. Most people today aren’t militant atheists; they’re Felixes. Genuinely moved at times, privately curious, even a little rattled by the claims of Christ, but perpetually tabling the conversation for a more convenient season that keeps not showing up. The tragedy of Felix isn’t hostility; it’s postponement dressed up as open-mindedness. We see it all around us today.

Psalm 66 offers the opposite posture: “Come and see what God has done… he turned the sea into dry land.” The psalmist doesn’t file God’s works away for later reflection. He responds immediately, publicly, with vows fulfilled and praise offered. Felix had a front-row seat to the gospel and let convenience swallow conviction. The psalmist had the Exodus story and let it become present-tense worship. The difference between them isn’t how much evidence each received, but whether they let it change anything happening around them today.

Devotional Prompts:

Is there a spiritual conviction you’ve been waiting for a “more convenient time” to act on?
What would it look like to respond to God’s nearness now rather than later?

Prayer: Lord, forgive us for the ways we, like Felix, alarmed by truth yet keep postponing our response. Give us the psalmist’s urgency; help us come and see, and respond today, not someday. Amen.